A Day Out

We had a really neat day out to Fort Morgan Beach in Alabama a few weeks ago. An old ship that was lost at sea more than 150 years ago was washed ashore. I heard about it on the news and thought it might be cool to go check it out with the kids and let them take their own pictures. My Mom pointed out that the ship had burned because the remains look so charred. It was such a nice day out with the whole family and neat to look at the remains of this curious boat. The beach is such a wonderful reminder of God's handiwork. Every time I go I am in awe of the vastness of the ocean. It's seems to go on forever even though I know it runs into another continent somewhere. Ah, Lord God, Thou hast made the heavens and the earth by Thy great power.

Yes, Mom has been with us for a while and it has been nice having her here. I think I have gained 5 pounds from all her baking. Ugh! She has made some dresses for the girls and has been such a help to me. She has organized my cabinets and done chores that I just haven't gotten around to doing in th grand scheme of things. Today I wasn't feeling well and I crashed for 4 hours to sleep in the middle of the day and she kept the ship afloat and everyone alive while I rested. I don't know what I'll do when she goes. It's nice having someone around all day for moral support especially when it is your mother.

The Oldest One

I thought I'd take a little break from the daily grind, the campaign politico and whatever else that ails me to put up some thoughts about my first born.

How can I describe my boy the best?

Stubborn. From the moment he came into the world this boy was born with a boulder for a head, hard as a rock. No room for budge. I wonder where he got that from. Hmmm... He was a good baby, but definitely wanted to do everything his way from the start and steely determined to do so. I was exhausted with the discipline process he had to be put through and is still being put through. I will say that his stubborness has saved him in some ways as well. He's not a quitter. He'll sit and figure something out until it's figured out. He's independent and not afraid to be alone in his stubborness. Let's hope he gets over some of this before he ever gets married. Heh.

A hard worker. With some prodding or a little incentive, he's not afraid to work hard. I've relied so heavily on him that I need to learn how to delegate some work to the other older children. Call it a trickle down philosophy. I'm ready to move up to full time management if you know what I mean. He really is my right hand little man.

So creative. He amazes me with all that he does to be creative. Maps, charts, museums(yeah, he created his own in his closet...move over hangers, here comes the future Smithsonian), lego creations, imagination plus duct tape and his writings. I really could see him inventing something. Crazy kid, he reminds me often that "if at first you don't suceed, try, try again." Now, there's a thought. He loves science, geography and history the best and finds some way to weave his creativity into his favorite subjects.

Tenderhearted. He can be pretty crass and unkind at times(I wonder where he got that one, too, uh...), but he has such a soft heart and is pretty quick to repent from the error of his way. He even cries over some of his wrong doings. That's something I could definitely do more of.

Open. Something I am the most thankful for about my first born son is that he is open to the Lord and the wooing of His Spirit. He has opened up his heart to Jesus and put his faith and trust in His forgiveness of sins. I am the one that should be discipling my son, but sometimes he ends up discipling me through such simple, child-like faith. He prays in his room when he thinks no one is looking and at times, opens the bible to read it to me just because he wants to.

There are so many things to share about him. There's so many reasons why I love him and many more for why I am thankful to God that he was given to me to give back to Him.

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His Yoke is easy and His burden is light...

Aren't you glad?